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Women’s economic empowerment and the Canadian labour market

By Suzanne Spiteri and Brittany Feor | March 6, 2024

Listen to this article as an audio recording “Economic empowerment increases women’s access to economic resources and opportunities including jobs, financial services, property and other productive assets, skills development and market…

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The great remote work debate: Does it boost or bust productivity? It depends.

By Michael Willcox | March 1, 2024

Listen to this article as an audio recording The debate around remote work is alive and well, and it’s given us all a lot to talk about, including fun new acronyms…

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Conversations with Black entrepreneurs: What motivates entrepreneurship?

By Suzanne Spiteri | January 31, 2024

Listen to this article as an audio recording February is Black History Month: an invitation to recognize, celebrate and honour the profound contributions Black workers have made to building Canada’s economy,…

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What can the data tell us about Black entrepreneurs in Canada?

By Suzanne Spiteri | January 31, 2024

Listen to this article as an audio recording February is Black History Month: an invitation to recognize, celebrate and honour the profound contributions Black workers have made to building Canada’s economy,…

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A brief history of Black entrepreneurship in Canada

By Suzanne Spiteri | January 31, 2024

Listen to this article as an audio recording February is Black History Month: an invitation to recognize, celebrate and honour the profound contributions Black workers have made to building Canada’s economy,…

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How do career development professionals deliver labour market information to their clients?

By Lorena Camargo | January 22, 2024

Listen to this report as an audio recording In our recent report, Navigating labour market information: Challenges faced by career development professionals, we discussed the challenges that career development professionals encounter…

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LMIC to examine occupations at risk due to an aging workforce

By Laura Adkins-Hackett and Anne-Lore Fraikin | December 11, 2023

Listen to this report as an audio recording Canada’s workforce is aging, and the number of Canadian workers approaching retirement age has never been higher. Over the last several decades, the…

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What is “decent work”?

By Suzanne Spiteri and Kashyap Arora | December 4, 2023

Listen to this report as an audio recording The concept of “decent work” is an important one: it is the framework that countries worldwide use to develop initiatives, programs and policies…

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What is a “good” job?

By Suzanne Spiteri | November 14, 2023

Listen to this report as an audio recording What makes a good job? The concept of a ‘good job’ or ‘good work’ is broad and debated among policy-makers, academics, economists, and…

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